Name: NKU Founders' Day: 1,968 Minutes of Giving
Start: 2025-03-12T07:00:00-0400
End: 2025-03-13T23:59:00-0400
Location: NKU Founders' Day: 1,968 Minutes of Giving

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NKU Founders' Day: 1,968 Minutes of Giving

It's NKU's 57th birthday!

Since 1968, thousands of students, faculty, staff and alumni have walked through NKU's doors and made it their home away from home. Today, our community comes together to celebrate NKU's founding and all the reasons NKU is a special place to each of us.

Here’s how you can celebrate:

Make a gift to your favorite area of campus and take part in our many matches, challenges and giveaways, including:

Choose between two long-sleeved T-shirt designs when you make a gift of $68 or more in honor of NKU’s founding year!*
Be entered to win two roundtrip Delta Air Lines ticket vouchers to anywhere in the continental United States with your gift of any size.
View our full list of matches, challenges and giveaways below for more opportunities to maximize the impact of your gift and have fun.

Show your NKU pride on social media by posting your Norse selfies, favorite flashback photos and joining our giveaways on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn! Make sure you tag your posts #NKUFOUNDERSDAY!

Become an Ambassador and share the Founders’ Day spirit with your friends and family! Let everyone know why you love NKU and have an additional chance to win two roundtrip tickets on Delta Air Lines to anywhere in the continental United States.

Special thank you to AAA for sponsoring the giveaway.

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*one T-shirt per donor

Leaderboard

Most Donors - College/Unit

Make a gift to help your college/unit rise to the top!

Rank	College/Unit	Donors
1	Norse Athletics	210
2	College of Arts and Sciences	117
3	Haile College of Business	71
4	College of Informatics	62
5	Scholarships	50
6	W. Frank Steely Library	48
7	Other	45
8	Student Support	40
9	Chase College of Law	35
10	College of Education	34
11	College of Health and Human Services	23
12	Honors College	21
13	NKU Fund for Excellence	6
14	Student Life	5
15	Mayerson Student Philanthropy Project	4

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Leaderboard

Most Donors - Fund

Make a gift to see your favorite fund rise to the top!

Rank	Fund	Donors
1	Women's Volleyball	55
2	Steely Library Excellence Fund	47
3	Haile College of Business Dean's Excellence Fund	41
4	MPA Program	40
5	Men's Volleyball	29
6	College of Arts & Sciences Dean's Fund	25
7	School of Media and Communication	23
8	FUEL NKU	22
9	Baseball	21
10	Softball	20
11	UCAP Retention Scholarship	20
12	NKU Scholarships	19
13	Women's Basketball	18
14	Honors Excellence Fund	16
15	College of Education Scholarship Fund	16

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NKU Foundation Board Donor Challenge

Congratulations to our winners! 1st place: MPA Program, $1,250 2nd place: Steely Library, $900! Thank you to the NKU Foundation Board for sponsoring this challenge!

Rank	Prize	Fund	Donors
1	$1,250	MPA Program	23
2	$900	Steely Library Excellence Fund	22
3		Haile College of Business Dean's Excellence Fund	5
4		Men's Cross Country and Track & Field	5
5		Men's Volleyball	3
6		CAS Study Abroad & Study Away Scholarships	3
7		College of Informatics Scholarship Fund	3
8		School of the Arts (SOTA)	3
9		Women's Volleyball	2
10		Women's Golf	2
11		School of Computing and Analytics	2
12		Men's Swimming	2
13		Student Leadership Academy	1
14		Donnelly Family Endowed Scholarship	1
15		Men's Golf	1

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$3,978

Alumni Board and Councils Donor Challenge

Thanks to our graduates of the last decade and current student donors, an additional $3,978 has been unlocked to support student success! Thank you to the Alumni Board and Councils for supporting this challenge.

75 / 75 Donors

Completed

Match

Chase Courtroom Fund 1:1 Match

Thanks to our generous donors, an additional $15,000 is headed to the Chase Courtroom Fund! Thank you to the Honorable Priscilla O'Donnell (Chase '77) for sponsoring this match.

$3,893 MATCHED

Ended

Match

Haile College of Business Leadership Academy 1:1 Match

Thanks to our generous donors, an additional $3,000 is headed to the Haile College of Business Student Leadership Academy! Thank you to Wayne Hartke for sponsoring this match.

$3,000 MATCHED

Completed

Match

W. Frank Steely Library 1:1 Match

Thanks to our generous donors, an additional $5,000 is headed toward the Steely Library Excellence Fund! Thank you to Friends of Steely Library member Greg Edwards ('87, '98) for sponsoring this match.

$5,000 MATCHED

Completed

Match

FUEL NKU 1:1 Match

Thanks to our generous donors, an additional $1,500 is headed toward FUEL NKU! Thank you to retired NKU faculty member Dr. Greg Martin and his wife, Paula, for sponsoring this match.

$1,500 MATCHED

Completed

Match

UR-STEM 1:1 Match

Thanks to our generous donors, an additional $5,000 is headed to UR-STEM! Thank you to two anonymous donors for sponsoring this match.

$5,000 MATCHED

Completed

Leaderboard

Most Dollars - College/Unit

Make a gift to see your college/unit rise to the top!

Rank	College/Unit	Raised
1	College of Arts and Sciences	$62,914.00
2	Norse Athletics	$39,863.64
3	Chase College of Law	$39,753.00
4	Other	$17,199.00
5	Haile College of Business	$11,644.00
6	College of Informatics	$8,903.00
7	Scholarships	$7,377.00
8	W. Frank Steely Library	$6,832.00
9	Student Support	$4,715.00
10	College of Education	$2,018.00
11	Honors College	$1,992.00
12	College of Health and Human Services	$1,681.00
13	NKU Fund for Excellence	$486.00
14	Student Life	$311.00
15	Mayerson Student Philanthropy Project	$188.00

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Leaderboard

Most Dollars - Fund

Make a gift to see your favorite fund rise to the top!

Rank	Fund	Raised
1	UR-STEM	$50,988.00
2	Men's Volleyball	$8,691.00
3	Baseball	$7,425.00
4	Chase Scholarship Fund	$7,011.00
5	Steely Library Excellence Fund	$6,762.00
6	Women's Volleyball	$6,462.00
7	Student Leadership Academy	$4,758.00
8	Chase Courtroom Fund	$3,893.00
9	College of Informatics Dean's Fund for Excellence	$3,780.00
10	Haile College of Business Dean's Excellence Fund	$3,751.00
11	College of Arts & Sciences Dean's Fund	$3,376.00
12	Women's Basketball	$3,344.00
13	School of Media and Communication	$2,559.00
14	Chase Development Fund	$2,549.00
15	Donnelly Family Endowed Scholarship	$2,545.00

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NKU Foundation Board Donor Challenge

Congratulations to our winners! 1st place: MPA Program, $1,968 2nd place: Women's Volleyball, $950! Thank you to the NKU Foundation Board for sponsoring this challenge!

Rank	Prize	Fund	Donors
1	$1,968	MPA Program	26
2	$950	Women's Volleyball	19
3		Men's Volleyball	15
4		UCAP Retention Scholarship	3
5		School of Media and Communication	3
6		Men's Cross Country and Track & Field	2
7		Go Norse Fund	2
8		Dr. Justin Hartfiel Endowed Scholarship for Education	2
9		College of Informatics Scholarship Fund	1
10		Baseball	1
11		Women's Soccer	1
12		College of Arts & Sciences Dean's Fund	1
13		Men's Basketball	1
14		Softball	1
15		Honors College Scholarships	1

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Match

Chase Scholarship Fund 1:1 Match

Thanks to our generous donors, an additional $5,000 is headed to the Chase Scholarship Fund! Thank you to Christopher Tapia (Chase '08) and Jennifer Tapia for sponsoring this match.

$5,000 MATCHED

Completed

Match

College of Arts and Sciences Study Abroad & Study Away 1:1 Match

Thanks to our generous donors, an additional $1,000 is headed toward College of Arts and Sciences Study Abroad & Study Away Scholarships! Thank you to an anonymous donor for sponsoring this match.

$1,000 MATCHED

Completed

Match

College of Informatics Scholarships 1:1 Match

Thanks to our generous donors, an additional $5,000 is headed to the College of Informatics Scholarship Fund! Thank you to Dr. Charles Frank for sponsoring this match.

$922 MATCHED

Ended

$25,000

NKU Athletics Donor Challenge

Thanks to our generous donors, an additional $25,000 will be supporting NKU student-athletes! Thank you to Tom Munninghoff for supporting this challenge.

100 / 100 Donors

Completed

Match

Mayerson Student Philanthropy 1:1 Match

Thanks to our generous donors, an additional $2,500 is headed to the Mayerson Student Philanthropy project! Thank you to the Horizon Community Funds for sponsoring this match.

$188 MATCHED

Ended

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